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Provedor de dados: | 60
País: | Brazil
Título: | Consumption of medicines in high-risk pregnancy: evaluation of determinants related to the use of prescription drugs and self-medication
Autores: | Araújo,Danielle Dayse; Leal,Marineide Marinho; Santos,Eliane Jucielly Vasconcelos; Leal,Leila Bastos.
Data: | 2013-09-01
Ano: | 2013
Palavras-chave: | Medicines/adverse effects; Pregnancy/medicines use; Self-medication; Health education.
Resumo: | The use of drugs during pregnancy still represents a challenge for medicine, since the majority of drugs cross the placental barrier with a potential to cause several congenital problems to the fetus, and most of them have not been clinically tested in pregnant patients. At the same time, the medicalization phenomenon, self-medication, and lack of patient information about the misuse of medicines are additional problems. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of medicine consumption in high-risk pregnancies and the determinants related to this consumption pattern. In order to do so, a cross-sectional descriptive study was performed with puerperal women who had a history of high-risk pregnancy. Statistically significant associations were found between self-medication and fewer prenatal visits, and cigarette use during pregnancy and a higher number of children. According to these data, the vulnerability of this population to the risks of drug use is evident, demonstrating a gap that requires urgent interventions in health-care education.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000300010
Editor: | Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
Relação: | 10.1590/S1984-82502013000300010
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  v.49 n.3 2013
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess